When my parents were in town at the end of April, they helped us plant a garden, so these pictures are mostly so they can see the fruit of their labors...

Zucchini

Watermelon

Tomato. This is Gabe's surprised face. It goes perfectly with his new favorite phrase when I tell him something he likes to hear, "Oh! I didn't know that!" Gabe is also trying to figure out how measurements work, and I absolutely love to hear him talk about anything with numbers. An example: The other day, I put a CD in that we hadn't listened to in awhile, and Gabe said, "Oh! This is my favorite from like... 100 years ago." He'll also say things like, "That bike is 82 45 96 pounds away from us." It doesn't make any sense, but it's delightful.

Josh loves cars. He almost always has one in his hand. He is mostly laid back, but when he's not, he's REALLY not. He already loves to attempt to buckle himself into his car seat, get dressed, go to the bathroom (really anything that Gabe does.) He insists on going pee in the toilet after almost every diaper change, but gets really frustrated when he stands there, just like Gabe does, and nothing comes out. I think he thinks he just hasn't found the right button yet, or something. He's also in the stage where he can't make up his mind about anything and get's really mad when I don't keep up with the ever changing decisions. Mostly, he's delightful and fun and a joy. His laugh is one to bring joy to the heart.

Both boys adore Marguerite. Gabe loves to hold her and make her laugh. Whenever she starts crying, Josh runs right over to me yelling, "Mom! Sis! Cay (cry)!" over and over until I get to her.

And just look at that smile. Even though she doesn't sleep at all (almost literally) during the day, we still can get this smile out of her, as long as someone is paying close attention to her, and/or holding her.